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A taste of Chengdu

Long Sen Yuan (Qingyang)

龙森园火锅

A no-frills hotpot house on Qintai Road that has run the same single-item menu for more than twenty years: old-Chengdu hotpot, nothing else. What stops it being monotonous is the choice - eighteen soup bases, a wall of dipping sauces, and a long list of meat, offal and river and sea fish. The famously good order is Emei eel cut into pencil-width strips, crisp and juicy out of the broth. It is the one hotpot in Chengdu carrying a MICHELIN distinction, and a far better bet than the big neon chains (蜀九香 Shu Jiu Xiang, 小龙坎 Xiaolongkan, 电台巷 Diantaixiang) that visitors usually get steered towards.

¥100-200 per person≈ US$15Michelin Bib Gourmand 2027Qingyang, 60 Qintai Road (琴台路), by Qintai Historic Street; Tonghuimen metro station (通惠门, Line 2) is the closest stop
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Why come here

A place worth making time for

MICHELIN Bib Gourmand, MICHELIN Guide Chengdu 2027 (¥¥ band; the only hotpot restaurant with a Bib in Chengdu)

The house favourites

What to order

Point at the Chinese. Staff will understand it even where the menu has no English at all.

  • Emei eel strips (峨眉鳝丝)
  • Spicy rabbit loin (麻辣兔腰)
  • Herbal mala broth with celtuce (药膳麻辣锅配莴笋)
  • Brown sugar glutinous rice cake (红糖糍粑)

What it actually tastes like

Full-strength 麻辣 málà: a thick layer of beef tallow and whole 花椒 on top of the red broth. Offal is the heart of the menu - tripe, duck intestine, pig brain, blood curd. Ask for a 鸳鸯锅 yuānyāng guō, the split pot, and half of it is a mild clear or fish broth you can retreat to.

Allergens in this kitchen

soysesamefishshellfishpeanutgluten/wheat

This is the kitchen, not one dish. Woks, fryers, blanching water and utensils are shared in almost every Chinese restaurant, so for a serious allergy treat the whole premises as the unit rather than ordering around it.